The Crystal Creek Lodge Blog is a place of possibilities, where you can learn deeper insights into how to explore the tens of millions of acres of wild Alaska surrounding us. Whether you’re after fishing, wildlife, the perspective of history or simply feeling the awe of being in wide-open spaces, it’s all here. Enjoy the journey.
Alaska Fly Fishing with Max What’s the secret to a good day? Big smiles? Laughter? Great company? Doing something out of the ordinary? All of these things? There are many ways to have a good day – at Crystal Creek Lodge you’ll have the opportunity to combine all of the above plus more. Come with us to explore wild,…
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Dining at Crystal Creek Lodge This month’s edition of our One Minute Alaska Vacation highlights a special ingredient to the Crystal Creek Lodge experience – how great food brings us together. Food is love. When we experience exceptional food with exceptional people, all our senses are embedded into that time shared together. At Crystal Creek Lodge we love our…
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“More than anything else the sensation is one of perfect peace mingled with an excitement that strains every nerve to the utmost if you can conceive of such a combination.” –Wilbur Wright The DeHavilland Beaver The hard-working quintessential Alaska bush plane, the DeHavilland Beaver occupies a well-deserved seat of honor in the annals of aviation history –…
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Southwest Alaska is our playground Let us probe the silent places, let us seek what luck betide us; Let us journey to a lonely land I know. There’s a whisper on the night wind, there’s a star agleam to guide us, And the Wild is calling, calling . . . let us go. – Robert…
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We are excited and humbled to have been given the Orvis Endorsed Fly Fishing Lodge of the Year award for 2019. Our long-standing partnership with Orvis (since 1991) has been a phenomenal experience for us. Their commitment to service, respect for natural resources, and unparalleled quality fit our mission at Crystal Creek Lodge, as we…
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Take action now! Pebble Mine – Wrong Mine, Wrong Place The One Minute Alaska Vacation is usually about inspiration, relaxation, and enjoyment. Today, we bring a message to inspire a call to action: It’s about The Pebble Mine. Again. Pebble, the proposed mega-mine at the headwaters of the two richest Bristol Bay salmon rivers, which…
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Alaska’s Wild Moments with Crystal Creek Lodge Take a journey and discover many of Alaska’s wild moments that Crystal Creek Lodge has to offer. This is the sort of journey that cleanses your soul, where you can breathe in the fresh air while wandering the beach in search of lost treasures, hike trails that explore…
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Find your calm with this episode of our One Minute Alaska Vacation. Fly fishing in Alaska is not an escape from life, but often a deeper immersion into it… Harry Middleton. For many, fishing is a passion and an activity they would rather be doing than almost anything else. They say that fly fishing is…
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It’s been one of those drizzly summers. This year, we’ve experienced a handful of “no-fly” weather days, where we won’t fly due to extreme wind, low ceiling, poor visibility or all of the above. This has inspired me to write a little bit about flying, weather, safety, and the unpredictability of our wild Alaskan environment….
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International Hosted Travel with Crystal Creek Lodge When the lodge in King Salmon, Alaska is put away for the season, what do we do? Travel. Let’s keep fishing! We are pleased to inform you of two hosted fly-fishing trips. One is to Spain and the other to Argentina. Great fishing at two renowned lodges in exotic locations! Please contact Heather for more details: Phone: (907) 357-3153…
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